Directorate General of Foreign Trade Current Affairs, GK & News

India bans import of refrigerators, Air Conditioners completely

October 17, 2020

India recently banned the import of refrigerants and air-conditioners completely tightening norms on “non-essential” imports. This has been done to reduce imports from China and tighten local manufacturing. This says that an importer cannot fill in the refrigerant outside India. Thus, he will have to create assembly units using the local work force. This will ..

Month: 

Topics:  • • • • •

Govt. Allows Export of Masks and Medical Goggles

July 29, 2020

The government has relaxed the norms for export of face shields, certain kind of surgical masks and medical goggles which are mainly in demand due to the spread of the COVID 19 disease all around the world. The shipments of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) with an export quota of 50 lakh units per month have ..

Month: 

Category: 

Topics:  • • • •

ACC Approves extension of Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi as DGFT

June 19, 2019

The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the extension of Senior bureaucrat Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi by over 3 months, in central deputation as Director General (DG), Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT). Key Highlights A. V. Chaturvedi is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre. He was given extension beyond 18 June 2019 ..

Month: 

Category: 

Topics:  • • • • •

Government puts imports of gold dore in restricted category

December 1, 2018

Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under Ministry of Commerce and Industry has put imports of gold dore in restricted category. This means, now, importer needs a license to import this commodity. Gold dore It is semi-pure alloy of gold and silver which is refined for further purification. Proportions of silver and gold can vary ..

Month: 

Topics:  • • •

Government bans pet coke import for fuel use

August 18, 2018

Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under Ministry of Commerce and Industry has banned import of petcoke for use as fuel. But it has allowed its import of only for use as feedstock in some select industries such as cement, lime kiln, calcium carbide and gasification industries. These industries were earlier affected by petcoke-related policy flip-flops, which ..

Month: 

Topics:  • • •

1 / 3123